VoicesinJapan

According to a health ministry survey, about six in 10 Japanese wish to die at home, but many end up being hospitalized because they come to wish to avoid burdening family members at home and feel uneasy about the level of medical treatment that can be provided at home.

Sep. 9
11:01 am JST

That's so sad. And indeed, one of the saddest situations in Japan is the number of elderly people spending their final months, if not years, in a hospital bed, when they would be happier at home. What a rotten way to spend your life and dying.